Grignard

[ green-yahrd; French gree-nyar ]

noun

1. (Fran·çois Au·guste) Vic·tor [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, oh-, gyst, veek-, tawr], 1871–1935, French organic chemist: Nobel Prize 1912.

Example Sentences

In preparing the Grignard reagent the commencement of the reaction is accelerated by a trace of iodine.

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